Karalynn — #9656 US girls' name
758 babies named Karalynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Karalynn was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Karalynn in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karalynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 758 babies named Karalynn between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karalynn currently holds the #9656 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karalynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Karalynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Karalynn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karalynn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 758 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Karalynn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Karalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2010)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #9656 among girls.
758 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 41 births in a single year.
Karalynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 251 births that decade — 33% of Karalynn's all-time total
Karalynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 251 births
- Runner-up 220 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Karalynn's strongest decade
251 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Karalynn by state
Where Karalynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.3% |
16 of 758 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.